I happened upon this quotation from Mirabeau Lamar.
This is the first I've seen it, but it is fitting for two reasons.
First, today is the 184th Anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto in which Lamar lead the Texian cavalry, and also Aggie Muster.
Second, Lamar was key in the prioritization of higher education and led efforts that culminated in the establishment of TX A&M, and that other school in Austin, and since there is ongoing "debate" about reopening TX A&M in fall 2020, his words are, to a degree, appropriate.
This is the first I've seen it, but it is fitting for two reasons.
First, today is the 184th Anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto in which Lamar lead the Texian cavalry, and also Aggie Muster.
Second, Lamar was key in the prioritization of higher education and led efforts that culminated in the establishment of TX A&M, and that other school in Austin, and since there is ongoing "debate" about reopening TX A&M in fall 2020, his words are, to a degree, appropriate.
Quote:
"The cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy and, while guided and controlled by virtue, the noblest attribute of man. It is the only dictator that freemen acknowledge and the only security that freemen desire"